HC Deb 19 October 2001 vol 372 c1392W
Mr. Willis

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many individual items of(a) information, (b) guidance, (c) requests for information and (d) other correspondence have been issued to (i) local education authorities, (ii) secondary schools, (iii) primary schools and (iv) special schools in England since the commencement of the autumn term. [8904]

Mr. Timms

The number of items sent to schools and local authorities is shown in the table.

Items in DIES mailings since the start of the autumn term 2001
Recipient of mailing
LEA Primary school Secondary school Special school
Purpose of mailing
Information 17 13 11 11
Guidance 9 5 5 4
Request for information 5 4 4 4
Other1 6 3 3 3
Total this school year 37 25 23 22
1Under this category are the full text and summary of the White Paper Schools—Achieving Success, and a letter from the Secretary of State following the events of 11 September.

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